Karim Benzema is the overwhelming favourite to win the men's Ballon d'Or at a ceremony in Paris on Monday and thereby become the first Frenchman to claim the most prestigious individual prize in football since Zinedine Zidane almost quarter of a century ago.... more »
Real Madrid star Karim Benzema's trial for "complicity in attempted blackmail" over a sex tape involving former France team-mate Mathieu Valbuena will be held in October, a court official told AFP on Tuesday.... more »
Former France international winger Mathieu Valbuena has signed a one-year deal with Olympiakos, the Greek Super League club announced Monday.... more »
The Paris Appeal Court will re-examine the case against Real Madrid star Karim Benzema for his alleged role in the blackmail of fellow international Mathieu Valbuena on October 4, sources told AFP on Friday.... more »
France coach Didier Deschamps named his 23-man squad for Euro 2016 on Thursday, with both Mathieu Valbuena and Hatem Ben Arfa missing the cut.... more »
Three of the suspects charged in the Mathieu Valbuena sex-tape blackmail affair involving France striker Karim Benzema have been released from custody, the public prosecutor in Versailles, near Paris, said on Friday.... more »
Mathieu Valbuena said that France teammate Karim Benzema "lied" and "scared" him over a sex-tape blackmail bid, according to testimony published Monday.... more »
France midfielder Mathieu Valbuena indicated on Sunday that he would be willing to play alongside Karim Benzema in the national team at Euro 2016 despite the ongoing blackmail case involving the Real Madrid striker.... more »
Karim Benzema's request for a showdown with fellow France international Mathieu Valbuena over an alleged blackmail case in which Benzema has been charged has been rejected, judicial sources confirmed on Monday.... more »
Mathieu Valbuena said Friday that France international teammate Karim Benzema "indirectly" told him he had to pay a ransom to get back a sex-tape of him with his girlfriend.... more »
Mathieu Valbuena was named in the Lyon team to play Nice in Ligue 1 on Friday just hours after giving evidence in the sex tape blackmail affair in which his France colleague Karim Benzema has been charged.... more »
Mathieu Valbuena, the victim of a sex tape blackmail attempt, over which fellow France international Karim Benzema has been charged, appeared before a judge investigating the affair on Friday, judicial sources confirmed.... more »
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema admitted to investigators he was supposed to act as an intermediary between a friend and his French international teammate Mathieu Valbuena in a sex tape blackmail case, sources told AFP on Friday.... more »
France captain Hugo Lloris gave his support to Karim Benzema and Mathieu Valbuena on Thursday but urged others to seize the chance to impress in their absence.... more »
Mathieu Valbuena feels "no particular animosity" towards his France colleague Karim Benzema, who has been charged in the sex tape blackmail affair involving the midfielder, Valbuena's lawyer said on Tuesday.... more »
French stars Karim Benzema, who is at the centre of a sex tape blackmail scandal, and Mathieu Valbuena, the victim of the extortion attempt, were excluded from the France squad for two internationals this month.... more »
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has admitted involvement in an alleged extortion case over a sex tape featuring fellow French international Mathieu Valbuena and appeared before judge Thursday, legal sources said.... more »
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema will appear in court on Thursday in connection with alleged blackmail over a sex tape involving fellow French international Mathieu Valbuena, after spending the night in custody.... more »
A Marseille supporter was arrested on Tuesday, accused of publically threatening to kill the club's former star Mathieu Valbuena, a police source said.... more »
Lyon and France playmaker Mathieu Valbuena has gone to court to claim 568,000 euros ($640,000; £414,000) in compensation from his old club Marseille following a dispute with his former agent.... more »
France international playmaker Mathieu Valbuena has signed for Lyon just a year after moving to Russia, the French Ligue 1 club said on Tuesday.... more »
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